Technical Advisory Council  Members,  Conflicts of Interest,  Group 1

 

FCC Technical Advisory Council Members

 

This was created via searches in Google by typing in the name of the member, then Verizon and AT&T. It is not a ‘complete’ list and does not list all financial ties to AT&T and Verizon. The “billions” were revenues for 2011 as stated in the companies’ SEC filings.  An “X” in the AT&T and Verizon column indicates some financial ties to the companies. “Ties” indicates the type of technology deal with AT&T or Verizon.

 

 

Member

Ties to AT&T or Verizon

Type

AT&T

Verizon

Ties

billions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T

Controls 22 states

phone

 

 

 

$  127

Verizon

Controls 10 states +GTE and Alltel

phone

 

 

 

$  111

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comcast

Selling wireless spectrum -Verizon,

cable

 

X

wireless

$   56

 

Comcast Verizon Wireless Products

 

 

X

wireless

 

Time Warner Telecom

Time Warrner Telecom

cable

 

 

wireline

$     1

Home Box Office

FiOS sells HBO

content

 

X

cable

$   29

(Time Warner Cable)

U-Verse sells HBO

 

X

 

 

 

 

Time Warner cable, sells HBO.

 

 

X

 

$   20

 

Verizon Sells Time Warner cable

cable

 

X

 

 

 

Verizon buys TW Spectrum

 

 

X

wireless

 

Cisco Systems

Verizon Wireless Teams Up

equipment

 

X

wireless

$   44

 

AT&T 3G MicroCell:Cisco

 

X

 

 

 

Google

Partners with Verizon on phone

 

 

X

wireless

$   38

 

Merger Agreement with Motorola

 

 

 

 

 

Motorola

Motorola -Verizon Wireless alliance

hardware

 

X

wireless

 

 

Motorola AT&T phones

 

X

 

wireless

 

Microsoft

Microsoft Debuts AT&T's Mango

software

X

 

wireless

$  76

 

Verizon Live TV On The Xbox 360

 

 

X

 

 

 

Verizon New FiOS TV-Powered

 

 

 

 

 

Intel Corporation

Google, Intel and Verizon partner

hardware

 

X

 

$   54

Apple

Partners with AT&T on wireless

hardware

X

 

wireless

$ 190

 

Partners with Verizon on wireless

 

 

X

wireless

 

Qualcomm

AT&T Qualcomm airwaves

wireless

X

 

wireless

 

 

nPhase, -Verizon Wireless

 

 

X

wireless

 

Alcatel-Lucent

Verizon 4Gventure forum --

investment

 

X

wireless

 

 

Phone supplier to AT&T

hardware

 

X

wireless

15

 

Verizon mobile

 

 

X

wireless

 

Accenture,

Accenture- Verizon Business

consulting

 

X

 

$25

 

AT&T Launch Medical Imaging

 

X

 

 

 

Harris Corporation

 AT&T and Harris Alliance

security

X

 

wireless

$6

Juniper Networks

verizon-deal

networks

 

X

wireless

$4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

8

18

17wireless

796

 

 

 

Technical Advisory Committee Members,  Conflicts of Interest, Group 2

 

 “C” column  was added to show a ‘competitor’ or “?” for we don’t know at this time.

 

 

Member

Ties to AT&T or Verizon

Type

AT&T

VZ

Ties

billions

C

Bright House Networks

Verizon bought spectrum

cable

 

X

wireless

 

 

DARPA

Verizon FNS  DARPA

gov

 

X

all

 

 

 

AT&T DARPA

 

X

 

 

 

 

New Venture Partners

Verizon 4Gventure forum

investment

 

X

wireless

 

 

Hummer Winblad

Kiip-,Verizon Ventures

investment

 

X

 

 

 

General Atlantic

AKQA Verizon Wireless

investment

 

X

wireless

 

 

 

Hewitt  Honored by AT&T

 

X

 

 

 

 

VON Coalition

AT&T, Microsoft, and Google

association

X

 

VOIP

 

 

Silicon Flatirons

AT&T, CenturyLink,, Verizon

academic

X

X

 

 

 

CEA

Consumer Electronics Asc

association

 

X

 

 

 

 

CEA doesn’t list members

 

X

 

 

 

 

NAB

National Asc of Broadcasters

association

 

X

 

 

 

 

(NAB doesn’t list members)

 

X

 

 

 

 

GENBAND

bought pat of  Nortel VOIP

VOIP

X

X

 

 

 

Tiversa

security attachment for Mcfee

security

X

X

 

 

?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liberty Global, Inc

John Maloone  Chair Int cable, sold TCI to AT&T, now comcast

cable

X

 

cable

$10.1

?

 

Libertycablevision PR

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insight Venture Partners

 

investment

 

 

 

 

?

American Radio

American Radio Relay League

association

 

 

Ham radio

 

 

OPASTCO

 

association

 

 

wireline

 

C

ATSC

Advanced TV Systems Com.

association

 

 

 

 

 

CAIDA

 

association

 

 

 

 

 

David Clark, MIT

 

academic

 

 

 

 

 

Wincom

Wireless research committeee

academic

 

 

wireless

 

 

Marvin Sirbu,

Carnegie Mellon  Special Gov.

academic

 

 

 

 

 

WV Broadband CO-OP

 

Start up

 

 

Wireld wireless

 

C

incNetworks

 

Start up

 

 

wireless

 

 

YuMe

Intel paetners

Start up

 

 

 

 

?

 OpenTechWorks

 

consulting

 

 

 

 

?

Dyna LLC

Wireless -inventors

 

 

 

wireless

 

 

Loral Space

 

netwotk

 

 

satellite

$1

C

WildBlue Comm

subsidiary of  Viasat

satellite

 

 

Satelitte

$1

C

XO Communications

XO Communications

CLEC

 

 

wireline

$1

C

Level 3 Communications

 

CLEC

 

 

wireline

$4

C

 EarthLink

 

ISP

 

 

wireline

$1

C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6 wireless

$6

 

With satellite

 

 

 

 

 

$8